ER Registered Nurse

Baylor Scott & White Emergency Hospital•Keller, TX

About The Position

The ER Registered Nurse performs the primary functions of a nurse in assessing, planning, directing, and evaluating patient care in the Emergency Room. The role provides proficient, age-specific, and developmentally and specialty-appropriate nursing care to promote patient and family comfort and safety, while following physician orders and applicable legal, hospital, facility, departmental, and nursing-practice requirements. The position is at a 16-bed small-format hospital with 8 ER beds and 8 inpatient beds. The listed shift is day shift, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and the job type is PRN.

Requirements

Associate’s degree required.
Current state Registered Nurse licensure without sanctions required.
At least 2 years of full-time RN experience in an ER or comparable experience required.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.
Fluency in written and spoken English required.
Pennsylvania candidates must have completed Act 33 Child Abuse History Clearance and Act 73 FBI Fingerprint Criminal History Clearance within the last 5 years, or obtain them before the start date.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
TNCC certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, prioritize, and provide proficient, age-specific, developmentally and specialty-appropriate nursing care to ensure the comfort and safety of patients and families.
Complete accurate, concise, and legible medical-record documentation.
Observe and record patients’ signs, symptoms, behaviors, and physiological status.
Present proposed revisions to interventions and desired outcomes.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
Follow physicians’ orders in delivering nursing care.
Collect laboratory samples and perform laboratory testing in accordance with established policies and procedures, COLA requirements, and CLIA regulations.
Follow infection-control and isolation procedures and use aseptic techniques when delivering patient care.
Perform admission, discharge, and transfer procedures.
Participate in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
Assemble equipment and supplies for diagnostic or treatment procedures in the specialty service area, and perform or assist with procedures and treatments.
Provide care in accordance with applicable laws, facility and departmental policies and procedures, and established nursing standards and practice as defined by the state Board of Nursing.
Perform and document assigned Quality Assessment activities.
Attend required staff and company-sponsored or mandated meetings.
Perform additional duties as assigned.